After leaving the Imperial Prison, Liu Jian asked Weng Junding to return to the post house to rest, while he hurriedly returned to the Forbidden City with Chen Nansong's handwritten letterhead in his arms. He knew that the emperor must be with the queen at this time, so he rushed to Kunning Palace to meet him.

is very different from the emperors of previous dynasties, Zhu Youzhu only has one wife of Empress Zhang, and has no other concubines. And the two of them live together every day, just like a folk couple. When Liu Jian arrived at Kunning Palace, Zhu Youzhu was chatting happily with Empress Zhang, and Zhang Luan, the national abbot, happened to be seated. Hearing that Liu Jiankun was waiting to see him outside the palace, Zhu Youzhu knew that he was coming for Chen Wenqi's matter, so he announced that he was in the palace to meet him. Seeing that the emperor was going to deal with state affairs, Empress Zhang hurriedly got up to avoid it, and brought a group of palace ladies into the inner room (the harem does not interfere in politics, which may be one of the reasons why Zhu Youzhu loves Empress Zhang alone).

"Minister Liu Jian knocked to see the saint, long live my emperor, long live, long live. ”

"Sir, don't be polite, please get up quickly. Come on, show Liu Aiqing a seat. Except for the court meeting, on other occasions, Zhu Youzhu treated most of the ministers as if he were a family member, and respected some old ministers, always calling them "sir". Li Dongyang later praised him for his kindness to his ministers, one of which said: "Near ministers often make knees, and the elders do not call their names." ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor. Liu Jian thanked him and sat on the chair that the little eunuch had brought for him, and when he saw Zhang Luan on his side, he groaned and did not speak.

"Mr. entered the palace so late, there must be something to do?"

"Minister...... This ......" Liu Jian glanced at Zhang Luan, still hesitant and did not speak.

Zhu Youzhu smiled knowingly, shook his hand and said, "Does Mr. want to talk about the matter of inquiring about Chen Wenqi? If this is the matter, it doesn't hurt for the national lord to hear about it." ”

Now that the words have been clarified, Liu Jian can no longer ask Zhang Luan to avoid it, and said helplessly: "Weichen is about to report this matter to the emperor. The minister has ascertained that Chen Wenqi was wearing a big red robe, not destroying the customs of the clan without authorization, but the patriarch of the clan Chen Nansong authorized to wear it, which is evidenced by Chen Nansong's own handwriting. After that, he presented Chen Nansong's handwriting note to Zhu Youzhang with both hands.

Zhu Youzhu stretched out his hand to take the letterhead, unfolded it and glanced at it quickly, then handed it to Zhang Luan, who was sitting on the other side, and said, "Guozhang, please see, can this prove that Chen Wenqi is not guilty?"

Zhang Luan stared at the note written by Chen Nansong and looked at it again and again, but did not see any flaws, so as Chen Wenqi was worried, he questioned the chronology: "The emperor's appointment of Chen Wenqi as the champion was the day before yesterday, but the date of the payment on the note is the 16th day of the first month, could it be that this Chen Nansong has the ability to predict the future? Or is he sure that the champion of the current department is none other than Chen Wenqi? It seems that this person is still suspected of buying official titles, and I implore the emperor to investigate." ”

Liu Jian didn't say it before, because he was worried about Zhang Luanjie's extraneous branches, but now it is not bad. However, he had already dealt with it, and as soon as Zhang Luan's voice fell, he said: "As a member of Chen Wenqi's clan, how can you not know Chen Wenqi's literary talent and knowledge? Last year's township examination high school Xie Yuan can also prove that Chen Wenqi has the possibility of winning the top prize. With this possibility, Chen Nansong, as the patriarch, will naturally think of the customs and taboos of his own clan, so he took precautions and wrote down this note in advance in case of emergency. Such a simple truth, the national abbot will not be ignorant, right?"

Zhu Youzhu bowed slightly, and said to Zhang Luan: "Liu Aiqing is reasonable, and the national ruler doesn't have to be entangled in this matter anymore. ”

Zhang Luan was bent on finding "justice" for Situ Jiao, otherwise he would not be able to get over his face, so how could he easily let Chen Wenqi go? So he couldn't make a plan and made another plan, pointed to Chen Nansong's handwriting in his hand and said: "Having said that, who can prove that this note was written by Chen Nansong himself? Maybe Chen Wenqi made it up himself in order to clear his name?"

When Chen Wenqi was in prison, he did not have his bags with him. And this note was hidden in his bag, and when the old man was ordered to inquire about it, he ordered Weng Junding to take it to the edict and prison together, so how could he have the opportunity for Chen Wenqi to fabricate it? Moreover, Weng Junding could testify that he was next to Chen Wenqi when Chen Nansong handed Chen Wenqi this letter. ”

"Hehe, I'm afraid that Chen Wenqi colluded with Weng Junding, and the two cheated together and deceived Lord Liu, right?"

Liu Jian was about to refute, but Zhu Youzhu shook his hand and said, "Okay, okay! Whether this note was written by Chen Nansong himself, I have my own way to find out. Before that, Chen Wenqi stayed inside. ”

When Zhang Luan heard this, he was overjoyed. As long as Chen Wenqi can stay in the edict prison for a longer time, not only can he save face, but his concubine Situ Yan will also be regarded as a bad deal, and he will even be called "Holy Wise" at the moment, and there will be no objections.

Liu Jian didn't dare to speak too much for Chen Wenqi, lest the emperor be angry and dismiss Chen Wenqi's reputation. had no choice but to keep silent, secretly sighing that Chen Wenqi would suffer for a few more days.

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Looking back, Chen Wenqi couldn't help but feel a little melancholy when he looked at the back of his teacher and Weng Junding leaving, but it didn't take long for him to regain his composure. "The benevolent are not worried, and the brave are not afraid", what should be is what it is, and it is useless to worry too much. He took off the big red crown that brought honor and trouble to him, and prepared to change back into his original clothes. When he took out his clothes from his bag, a ball of snow-white things fell to the ground, and when he leaned over to pick it up, it turned out to be a silk scarf. The embroidery stitches on the silk scarf are delicate and the colors are charming: the lotus flowers in the turquoise pond are fragrant, and the two mandarin ducks perch on their necks, which is a picture of mandarin ducks bathing in water!

Chen Wenqi's thoughts were suddenly pulled back to Wuchang City. In the cold wind of hunting, the pretty figure standing on the bank of the Yangtze River with a slightly bloated dress jumped in front of him from the depths of his heart.

"Virtuous Brother...... Miss Shen, how are you doing?" Chen Wenqi asked silently. He carefully folded the scarf and put it in his arms.

Meditation in his spare time is a habit that Chen Wenqi has always had. Since there is nothing to do in prison, meditate.

Chen Wenqi sat cross-legged on the low and narrow bed, his breath was heavy, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was about to get rid of distracting thoughts and enter a state of pranayama, when he suddenly remembered that when he left Chenjiazhuang that day, his father had put a booklet in the package, and asked him to refer to it in detail when he was free, and he didn't know what kind of treasure it was. Chen Wenqi jumped out of bed and took out the booklet from the package. The paperwork of the booklet has been yellowed, presumably because of its age. On the cover, there are six large willow characters: 戢blade swordsmanship • Luan spectrum. On the left side of the six big characters, a line of small characters is also marked in parentheses: "Zhou Family Sword Spectrum".

Chen Wenqi didn't hesitate to speculate, carefully opened the cover, and saw a young man drawn on the first page, holding the hilt of the sword upside down in his left hand, holding the sword blade in his right hand, and marking the words "starting hand" under the figure. Turning another page, it is the same posture of a young man dancing with a sword, but the difference is that there is a text written under the figure that is even smaller than the fly's head, breaking down the essentials of this move in detail. Looking back, it's the same graphic plus move essentials as the second page, with a total of seven moves, and each move has seven styles.

Chen Wenqi explained the text of the sword spectrum, and figured out one move at a time. Under the ** of the master Liu Mufeng, Chen Wenqi has a lot of experience in swordsmanship, and at this time he drew a gourd in the same way as the sword score, and after a while, he remembered the two moves and fourteen styles. He put aside the sword book, used the folding fan as a sword, and practiced it from memory. At the beginning, the "sword" was a little jerky, but after a few times, it became more and more fluent, and the "sword" came out like the wind, and there was a faint sound of thunder. Fortunately, the place where Chen Wenqi was imprisoned was a place where the Jinyi Guard commanded Mu Bin to find another place at the emperor's behest, and the left and right doors were empty, and the jailers guarding him were also outside the cell. Otherwise, the movement will be too big.

Chen Wenqi was secretly surprised, this swordsmanship is not only very powerful, but also different from the lightness of ordinary swordsmanship, and there is often the momentum of slashing in the big opening and closing. He suddenly remembered the old thing of "like a knife but not a knife, like a sword but not a sword", could it be that this is "sword double killing"? Although the moves are "like a knife but not a knife, like a sword but not a sword", this is very different from Miss Shen's martial arts moves. Don't......?

Yes, this is probably the ancestral sword book of a clan surnamed Zhou, from the figure of the man drawn in the sword book and the name of "Ji Blade Sword Technique • Luan Spectrum", it is speculated that this sword book should be dedicated to men's practice, and there may be a "phoenix spectrum" or "phoenix spectrum" or something for women to practice. Maybe Miss Shen's swordsmanship came from the "Phoenix Spectrum" or "Phoenix Spectrum", but unfortunately she hadn't seen her uncle Lord Yang make a sword at that time, otherwise, it would be possible to see whether Miss Shen's sword moves were of the same origin as this "Sword Technique". How did Chen Wenqi know that Han Ming also followed his sister Han Mei to learn the sword moves on the "Phoenix Spectrum", even if he saw Han Ming dancing the sword, he couldn't see why.

Thinking that this sword book might be related to Shen Lingshan, Chen Wenqi became more and more attentive. He practiced the first two moves a few more times, but found that there was not much progress, and there was always a sluggish awkwardness between the changes of moves. I thought that although this bladed sword technique was wonderful and powerful, if it was compared with the martial arts taught by the master, at most it had its own merits, and it might not be so clever. It is better to concentrate on practicing the martial arts taught by the master.

Thinking of this, he closed the sword book and put it in the package. But the doubts in my heart are always unable to let go, people who can create a martial arts, martial arts attainments must be extraordinary, such an obvious flaw, can't you see it, can't you change it? Could it be that you have misread the essentials of decomposition?

Chen Wenqi opened the sword book again, ready to read the text description again. However, the cell was very dark, but fortunately, the emperor dictated that no prisoner should be treated with Chen Wenqi, except for the poor conditions and no freedom, the jailer was very polite to him. As soon as he heard that Chen Wenqi wanted a lamp and candle, he hurriedly sent him two large candles, and took the initiative to light one for him.

The walls of the cell are rough and not reflective, and a candle is like a firefly. Chen Wenqi brought the sword score close to the candle flame, carefully read the text under the figure, it was no different from what he remembered, and he was a little dazed for a while.

Just in doubt, I suddenly saw the blank space outside the book header and graphics, and there were faint traces of text. Chen Wenqi thought he was dazzled, and hurriedly rubbed his eyes to see that the faint words were not only still there, but also more legible.

Chen Wenqi's heart moved, he took the sword book and put it on the bed, waited for about half a stick of incense, and then looked at the sword book, and the words in the blank space had disappeared.

There is steganography in the sword spectrum. There are steganography words, which inevitably record secrets that are not known. Rao is Chen Wenqi's young man, and he can't help but feel itchy at this time, and he can't wait to reveal the mystery in the book.

So, he brought the sword book close to the candlelight again, and first looked at the cover for words. After baking for a long time, no handwriting appeared, and it seems that there is no secret in this cover.

I lifted the cover, and put the first page next to the candle to bake, and after a while, sure enough, a paragraph of text appeared in the margin:

"I am Zhou Tianye, the seventh generation of the sword technique.

The ancestor "Shaanxi Hero Iron Arm" Zhou Tong is famous for his good archery, and he is also proud of martial arts with fists, sticks and marksmanship. The ancestors were born in troubled times, witnessed the shattering of mountains and rivers, and were worried, and once fought hard to resist Liao and resist gold, but finally they were not tolerated by the traitorous party. One day, inspired by Dugu Yihe's 'sword double killing', since then day and night scrutiny, delete the complicated and simplified, the knife technique is wide open and closed, strong and heavy, and dissolved into the beautiful and strange swordsmanship, which has become a swordsmanship of its own, called 'sword swordwork'. 戢, from the 咠 from Ge, Tibetan soldiers also. Blade, knife also. The sword technique is hidden in the sword technique, so it is called 'sword sword'. 'Ji Blade Sword Technique' is divided into 'Luan Spectrum' and 'Phoenix Spectrum', each volume has seven moves and forty-nine styles, for men and women in the clan to learn it.

The 'Blade Sword Technique' moves are subtle and unpredictable, like a knife and a sword, which is difficult to guard. What's more, if the person who practices the 'Luan Spectrum' and 'Phoenix Spectrum' sword moves combine the two swords, the power will be greatly increased by several times?

However, those who are supreme in martial arts will be coveted by villains. or open fire, open robbery, or burrowing over the wall, rats and dogs. I can't guard against it. Once this spectrum is obtained by unscrupulous people, it will inevitably cause chaos in the martial arts and poison sentient beings.

For this reason, I slightly tampered with the swordsmanship of 'Luan' and 'Phoenix', making it stagnate and obscure, and the moves were intermittent and slow, so the skill was greatly reduced, and the combination of the two swords was also countless times more powerful. Even if this score is obtained, there is no big problem.

But the hard work of the ancestors, how dare I waste it? Therefore, the original pedigree is written in it, and the children of the clan are taught by the generations of descendants.

This is a top secret of the clan, and only the descendants are allowed to know, and it is passed on to future generations before death. To the will!

March 26, 2nd year of Xiangxing. ”

After reading this paragraph, Chen Wenqi didn't know what he expected, in addition to the "Luan Spectrum", there was indeed a "Phoenix Spectrum" in this bladed swordsmanship, and the two moves he practiced just now were just tricks tampered with by this Zhou Tianye senior, no wonder he felt so awkward.

At this time, the jailer brought food. Chen Wenqi put away the sword book, took the lunch box, and ignored the jailer's stunned look, a gust of wind swept the clouds, and ate the food completely. Of course, the jailer didn't know that at the Qionglin Martial Arts Banquet at noon, he first joined hands with Yin Zhi and Yin Wei's father and son, and then had a "tongue war" with Zhang Luan, and finally was ordered by the emperor to be escorted directly to the prison. At this time, I was picked up by the smell of food, where can I take care of Sven?

After dinner, Chen Wenqi was full of energy and ready to continue to explore the secrets in the sword spectrum. But when I think about it, I haven't meditated yet. You must know that no matter how subtle the swordsmanship moves are, you must have enough internal strength to exert them to the extreme. And there is no quick way to achieve this internal strength, it can only be accumulated over time and gradually.

So, Chen Wenqi asked the jailer to help bring warm water, and after washing it, he began to do his daily homework.

The next day, taking advantage of the opportunity to deliver breakfast, Chen Wenqi asked the jailer for two candles. The jailer looked at the candles that had not been used up yesterday and hesitated for a long time without responding.

"Oh, yes, there's nothing to do in prison, so I have to read to pass the time. You see the light is dim in here, and I have an eye problem, and I can't read the words in the book without lighting a candle. Chen Wenqi explained with a smile.

The jailer thought he had a point, and brought him two more candles, the same as they had been yesterday.

Chen Wenqi put the sword book on the low bed upright, then straightened his clothes, knelt on the ground respectfully, bowed to the sword book three times and kowtowed three times, and said reverently:

"The seniors of the Zhou family, the younger generation Chen Wenqi is neither a member of the Zhou clan, nor a descendant of the noble family. But the blade sword spectrum is not only in the hands of the younger generation, but also the younger generation and the seniors are related. The younger generation swore that the practice of swordsmanship should only be used for chivalrous and righteous deeds, eliminating violence and peace, helping the people and serving the country, and never bullying the weak or bullying the good. If there is any reason for violating it, it will be punished by heaven. ”

After saying goodbye, Chen Wenqi lit a candle, and then baked out the words written in the sword book one by one yesterday. The text that appears in the blank space of the header and graphics on the second page is the general essentials of swordsmanship, the book cloud:

"'Blade swordsmanship' is divided into 'Luan' and 'Phoenix' two scores, the 'Luan spectrum' sword move is named after the poem in the former Tang poet Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine", and the "Feng spectrum" sword move is named after the poem in the former Tang poet Bai Juyi's "Long Hate Song", each with seven moves and forty-nine styles, and the division is self-contained, advance and retreat in an orderly manner, and the combination is offensive and defensive, complementing each other. 'Luan Spectrum' sword moves are as follows:

The first move: the water of the Yellow River comes from the sky. The first style: the dragon and snake flying, the second style: pulling onions on the dry land, the third style: the green clouds, the fourth style: rotating the world, the fifth style: the sword flying, the sixth style: Mount Tai pressing the top, the seventh style: mercury pouring the ground.

The second trick: ten thousand wine fights. The first style: the wine and talk, the second style: push the glass and change the lamp, the third style: staggered, the fourth style: drunk and infatuated, the fifth style: singing and dancing, the sixth style: drunk jade and the mountain, the seventh style: if drunk to wake up.

The third trick: ......"

Chen Wenqi wanted to verify the power of the real sword-cutting technique, so he baked out the text "The water of the Yellow River comes from the sky", read it twice by candlelight, and felt that he remembered the essentials of the seven styles accurately, so he blew out the candle and practiced it in prison. At first, the imitation of one move and one style was not considered to be very good, but when the movements were skillful and the transition between various styles was natural, the extraordinary moves were gradually revealed. As soon as the sword move comes out, the person is like a hurricane spinning, the sword is like a spiritual snake, suddenly rising to the sky, volleying empty steps, reversing the body shape, stabbing the sword down, waiting until the sword is about to reach the top of the "enemy", the sword turns into a sword shadow in the sky, covering the "enemy" people like a net from heaven and earth. That momentum and power were as good as the tricks that had been practiced and tampered with before. With repeated practice over and over again, the power of the sword moves is still increasing, and the "Dry Land Pulling Onions" can jump about five feet at its highest, and the "Flat Steps" can walk three steps in the void.

Chen Wenqi was overjoyed, and since then, in addition to eating, sleeping, and meditating, all his thoughts have been devoted to studying the sword technique, and he never gets tired of it, and he does not realize that he is still in prison.

I don't know how much time has passed, and I have practiced the seven strokes of the blade swordsmanship "Luan Spectrum" to be very familiar and handy, and I feel that my swordsmanship is much more sophisticated than before. One day, Chen Wenqi brought the sword book to study again, and suddenly thought that after the seven moves were written, there were still three pages left behind the sword book. In these three pages, there may be seven moves of "Phoenix Spectrum" written in secret? If there are really seven moves of "Phoenix Spectrum", you can know whether Miss Shen's swordsmanship is of the same origin as it. Thinking of this section, Chen Wenqi did not hesitate to put the last three pages of "Luan Spectrum" next to the candlelight, and after a while, sure enough, words slowly appeared. However, it is not the seven moves of "Fengpu" imagined by Chen Wenqi, but a large paragraph:

"If you don't practice martial arts, you will be empty when you get old. Although Yu Chuang's 'Luan' and 'Phoenix' swordsmanship are still strange and exquisite, if there is no internal force to urge them, they are just silver-like pewter guns, which have no shape and no benefit. Therefore, to learn swordsmanship, it is necessary to learn internal skills.

There is rarely a quick way to cultivate internal strength. Occasionally, those who take rare and exotic fruits such as thousand-year-old ginseng and 10,000-year-old Ganoderma lucidum can multiply their power for decades, but they have not seen it so far. Even if the fruit is effective, how many people can get rare and exotic fruits? That's why I visited famous artists all over the world, learned from others' strengths, and explored the method of quick success. Fortunately, the fool may have a thousand thoughts, and twenty years of hard work has become a trick, all because the practice of this trick can wash the muscles and easy marrow, not under the Shaolin 'Yi Jin Sutra', and the rest will be named 'Yi Marrow Gong'.

This trick can enable the practitioner to quickly open up the major acupoints of the human body, so that the true qi can flow freely and gather and disperse at will. When you reach the highest realm (the ninth layer), you can contain true qi in the formless, mobilize true qi in an instant, condense true qi in one place, and spread true qi all around.

Although this trick can speed up the cultivation of internal strength, it is still necessary to do it step by step, from the first level, and must not be in a hurry for quick success, greedy for more than one thing to gain, so that the qi and blood are chaotic, and the body and life are lost. Remember, remember!"

Chen Wenqi first knew that the next few pages were internal skills that could be achieved quickly. Judging from the tone of the text, this text is not from the mouth of the steganist Zhou Tianye, but the original words of Zhou Dong, the founder of the sword spectrum. From this point of view, the last two pages should be the cultivation method of "Yi Pulp Gong".

Sure enough, after the last two pages were baked, the text revealed was a detailed introduction to the cultivation methods of the first to ninth layers of the "Yi Marrow Gong" and the physiological signs and internal force performance of the power reaching each layer, such as "opening up the Taiyin Lung Meridian and the 31 acupoints of the Yangming Large Intestine Meridian, which is the first layer", and after reaching the first layer of the "Yi Marrow Gong", "the internal power is slightly smaller, and the internal force can be used to speed up the walking speed, increase the height of the jump and strengthen the attacking force, which is very different from ordinary people" ...... "Open up the 52 acupoints of the Du Pulse and Ren Mai, and the meridians and acupuncture points in the body" Yin and Yang intersect, such as the ring without end, that is, the ninth layer", to reach the ninth layer of "Yi Marrow Gong", "the peak of internal strength, transcendent sanctification, Gang Qi at will read and send and receive, gather to protect the body like an iron wall, hair to hurt people invisible, the body is as light as a swallow, the strength is more than 100 jun".

Although Chen Wenqi's martial arts are very high, but his internal strength is slightly inferior, when he competed with the "Lingnan Eight Murderers" Shan Xue for internal strength a few years ago, if it wasn't for the timely arrival of his master Liu Mufeng, he would inevitably suffer a big loss. At this time, seeing that the "Yi Marrow Gong" was so magical, he immediately learned and strengthened his knowledge, memorized the mantra and essentials of the "Yi Marrow Gong" very well, and used the edict as a secret room for practice, and practiced the "Yi Marrow Gong" without distractions.